Boulder Reporting Lab

11/05/2025

Check here for the latest results as Boulder voters decide four city council seats, tax measures for capital projects, mental health and open space, and one contested BVSD Board of Education seat.

Check here for results as they come in, as Boulder voters decide four city council seats and tax measures on capital projects, mental health and open space.

11/03/2025

Housing and homelessness remain top of mind for many residents, though like candidates, they don’t all agree on the solutions or even how to frame the problem.

Housing and homelessness remain top of mind for many residents, though like city council, they don’t all agree on the solutions or even how to frame the problem.

11/03/2025

“My friend has been taken by ICE.” Ali is a Boulder County father of four and a lawful asylum seeker who worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan — now detained hundreds of miles from his family. A local faith leader asks what this says about who we are becoming.

As a local faith leader, I’ve spent years welcoming immigrant families into our community. Now, one of them has been detained, and I fear what that says about who we are becoming.

11/01/2025

Starting Jan. 1, street parking rates citywide will rise to $2 per hour.

Street parking citywide will increase by $0.50. Garage parking during hours two through six will cost $1.75 per hour, up from $1.25.

10/31/2025

Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee has approved emergency requests from the governor’s office for $10 million in aid for food banks and an extension of nutritional funding for young children as SNAP benefits are set to lapse.

The Joint Budget Committee approved $10 million in emergency funding for food banks ahead of the federal government’s temporary halt of SNAP food assistance on Nov. 1.

10/31/2025

Boulder police have arrested 36-year-old Taylor James Rose of Arvada in connection with an assault on Turning Point USA member Nathaniel Ellis.
The case has drawn heightened attention because leading up to the assault, Ellis was the subject of social media posts and flyers alleging he was a member of two white supremacist groups.

The case has drawn attention after the victim, a CU Boulder student, was linked in online posts to white supremacist groups.

10/31/2025

The driver had a yield sign and the cyclist a stop sign, and police concluded the cyclist was at fault for failing to stop before entering the road.

The driver had a yield sign and the cyclist a stop sign. Police concluded the cyclist was at fault for failing to stop.

10/29/2025

Julia Roncoroni, the author of “Sazón & Liberation,” aims to humanize Colorado’s immigrants and refugee cooks.

“We wanted to explore how food helps them build their identity, build community, and have a sense of hope."

Also: A secret chicken takeout spot and new food pop-ups across Boulder County this week.

10/29/2025

Local food banks warn they are already at a breaking point as federal SNAP dollars are cut off.

10/28/2025

From rope tows to ski jumps, Chautauqua Mesa was once the place where Boulder learned to ski, until vandals and warm winters shut it down.

10/28/2025

The new alternative sentencing facility will serve as a test case in the county’s efforts to help people transition back into the community, while cutting ties with private halfway houses.

The center will test the county’s efforts to help people transition back into the community, while cutting ties with private halfway houses.

10/27/2025

The reported assault came days after activists circulated posts alleging a CU Boulder student’s ties to white supremacist groups.

The reported assault came days after activists circulated posts alleging a CU Boulder student’s ties to white supremacist groups